Gender and law in North African countries in light of their accession to the convention of the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Abstract

The follow-up of the implementation of the Beijing and Dakar Platforms for Action provides an excellent opportunity to discuss this issue which touches on the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights. In the Beijing Declaration, member States committed themselves to ensuring that women and girls would fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental liberties and to taking effective measures to punish violations of those rights and liberties. They also considered lack of respect for the basic rights of women and deficiencies in the promotion and protection of those rights as the priority areas in which urgent action must be taken and called upon Governments, the international community and civil society (including private sector non governmental organizations) to take strategic action within this context.